From an ongoing discussion on my Facebook page<\/p>\n
No matter how feminist one’s theoretical argument, when you go to daddy<\/em> for recourse, which means the government in any form, that is not feminist and it does not support women, who (in nearly every feminist theory) are characterized as being inherently oppressed by patriarchy. This conversation does not have to come down to what is prosecutable and what is a crime against the state, or who is an injured party in the eyes of tort law. There is question of human consideration, and there is a question of power dynamics inside of any sexual transaction. The more sex is about pleasure, the less political it is. The more sex is about power, the more political it is. The thing is, most of us are attracted to sex where there is a question of power, and there are a top and bottom in nearly every sexual equation.<\/p>\n
Last, if we want to understand the continuum of rape, coercion and consent, we need to understand the impulses inside of desire, and I mean both male and female desire. In this sense, how we treat the other is mediated entirely by our inner relationship. If we want to understand rape dynamics or coercion dynamics, the thing to deconstruct is how we feel about ourselves, and how we project that onto the other. We can rage on and on about rape and abuse, but how does that help heal either party to the transaction?<\/p>\n
–ef<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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